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Determination of Lead Elemental Concentration and Isotopic Ratios in Coal Ash and Coal Fly Ash Reference Materials Using Isotope Dilution Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry

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  • Chaofeng Li

    (State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
    Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Huiqian Wu

    (State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
    Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China)

  • Xuance Wang

    (Research Centre for Earth System Science, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
    School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia)

  • Zhuyin Chu

    (State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
    Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Youlian Li

    (State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
    Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Jinghui Guo

    (State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
    Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China)

Abstract

The rapid expansion of coal-fired power plants around the world has produced a huge volume of toxic elements associated with combustion residues such as coal fly ash (CFA) and coal ash (CA), which pose great threats to the global environment. It is therefore crucial for environmental science to monitor the migration and emission pathway of toxic elements such as CFA and CA. Lead isotopes have proved to be powerful tracers capable of dealing with this issue. Unfortunately, up to now, few high precision lead isotope data of CFA and CA certified reference materials (CRMs) determined by using the double spike technique have been reported. Hence, to facilitate the application of lead isotopes in environmental science, it is indispensable and urgent to determine a suite of high precision Pb isotope ratios and Pb elemental contents for CFA and CA CRMs. Here, we measured lead isotope ratios from four CFA and CA CRMs using thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) combined with the 204 Pb– 207 Pb double spike method. Lead isotope ratios values of CRMs (GBW11124, GBW08401, GBW11125d, and JCFA-1) covered wide variation ranges from 17.993 to 19.228 for 206 Pb/ 204 Pb, from 15.513 to 15.675 for 207 Pb/ 204 Pb, and from 38.184 to 39.067 for 208 Pb/ 204 Pb. Lead isotope ratios of these CRMs, except for GBW11124, show good external reproducibility (2 RSD, n = 8), which is better than 0.05% for 206 Pb/ 204 Pb and 207 Pb/ 204 Pb, 0.07% for 208 Pb/ 204 Pb, 0.04% for 206 Pb/ 207 Pb, and 0.05% for 208 Pb/ 206 Pb. The Pb concentrations of these CRMs were determined using 207 Pb single spike method. The reproducibility (1 RSD, n = 4) of Pb elemental content was <0.60%. This indicates the distribution of Pb elements in these CRMs is homogeneous. With the exception of GBW11124, the suite of CRMs can be used for determining CFA and CA matrix composition for quality control of Pb isotope analyses.

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  • Chaofeng Li & Huiqian Wu & Xuance Wang & Zhuyin Chu & Youlian Li & Jinghui Guo, 2019. "Determination of Lead Elemental Concentration and Isotopic Ratios in Coal Ash and Coal Fly Ash Reference Materials Using Isotope Dilution Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(23), pages 1-14, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:23:p:4772-:d:291855
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